Indravelli (Adilabad): In 1981, the government formally observed the Indravelli Martyrs Memorial Day on Sunday after being shot by police in 1981 by police in 1981.
After Minister Danasari Anasuya Seetakka paid tribute to Indravelli Marters, the government said the government would form a committee under ITDA (Integrated Tribal Development Agency) to collect details of Adivasis that died in police shootings, including them in the police station, including them in the aworm and providing assistance to their families.
The Idravelli massacre was reportedly one of the worst police brutality recorded in previously unseparated Andhra Pradesh.
On April 20, 1981, the leader of CPI (ML), Kondapalli Seetharamaiah formed the People’s War Organization (PWG), and the police opened fire at Gond Adivasis, and they were attending a protest meeting held by Rythu Coolie Sangham, considered the Naxalites’ front, the Naxalites’ front for wages and land copyrights and land rights. Police also reportedly fired fire at tribes participating in the local market.
According to an official report, a group of 30 police officers and five officials opened fire after being attacked by PWG, killing one of the men. According to the official version, the number of civilian deaths is 13. However, human rights groups claim death tolls range from 60 to 250.
The Adivasi leader said the family of Adivasis, who died of police firing, did not disclose information about the death of relatives because they feared that it would lead to their arrest.
Seethakka recalls that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has provided an unconditional apology to Adivasis, who opened fire in Indravelli police, and the AICC also apologized to police officers after the incident.
The minister said the state government will make justice for the Adivasis that cultivated forest lands over the past 20 years and sent out Patas, but called on them not to clear the forests of Podu agriculture.
Seetakka called on forest officials to keep restrictions on Podu farming and if they have cultivated land for 20 years, they will not harass the Adivasis.
Seetakka responded to the appeal of Adivasi leaders working for the government and the appeal of five acres of land, and she said she would bring the issue to the cabinet notice.
She said the state government has been trying to obtain an alternative mechanism for GO3, which was suppressed by the Supreme Court to protect employment opportunities in institutional areas of Adivasis.
MANCHERIAL MLA K. PREMSAGAR RAO said that land is the key to the livelihood of the road and its survival and asked Seetakka to ensure that Pattas were given to Podu land, and that Adivasis had been cultivated for a long time.
By then, three tractors and a MUV were distributed to the martyrs and family members who borrowed money from the bank. Premsagar Rao has announced financial assistance of Rs 20,000 for each Indravelli Martyr family through Kokkirala Raghupathi Rao Charitable Trust.
Khanapur MLA Vedma Bojju said the state government is committed to empowering the Adivasi community.
Adilaba German MP Godam Nagesh asked the minister to ensure that central funds are appropriately used for the benefits of Adivasis and that central plans are implemented to the community
Adivasi leader and Sarmedi Mesram Durgu district said nearly 300 Adivas died in police shootings during that fateful day, and many injured people later died. Some bodies were found in creeks, forests and farmlands, and they tried to save lives from police fire.
Asifabad MLA Kova Laxmi, former ZP chairman Rathod Janadhan and Brs Johnson Naik also paid rich tribute to Indravelli Martyrs. MLC Dande Vittal, GCC chairman Kotnak Tirupati, former MP Soyam Bapurao, former MLA Atram Sakku, Former Union Minister S. Venugopala Chary, DCC president Vishwa Prasad, ITDA project officer Khushboo Gupta, SP Akhil Mahajan, Additional SP Utnoor Khajal Singh and sub collector Yuvraj Marmat and Senior Congress leader Atram Suguna and Senior Adivasi leader Purka Bapurao, Kodapa Nagesh, Kotnak Barikrao and Thodsam Nagorao are present.
